Hand bag



1.. HAUSER HAND BAG Oct. 2

Fil ed June 2, 1922 \I] i I/ v 1 VENTOR M I W oRNEY,s

Patented Get. 2, i923.

rr zn ean LEOPOLZQ HAUSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR'TO LEOPOLD HAUSER AND SIIiION VVEIL, BOTH 013 NE?! YORK, N. 1., COPARTNERS DOING BUSINESS AS HAUSER 6c WEIL.

7 HAND Application filed June 2,-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LnoroLn HAUsnR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved form of hand bag for ladies and an object thereof is the provision of a hand bag which when the bag is opened the sides thereof be come the bottom, enabling the bag to maintain itself in open position upon a table or other support with the contents thereof readily accessible.

A furtherobject of the invention is the provision of a change purse or receptacle for small articles at the central portion; of the bag, this purse or pocket standing up right at all times and is composed of the central portion of the bellows connecting the sides of the bag to each other and constituting the end walls of the bag.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hand or carrying strap at tached to the ends of the bag at the corners thereof, the bag being square in cross section and divided diagonally.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 shows my improved bag in perspective, the bag being shown in open position; and

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bag closed.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 and 2 designate the two sides or portions of the bag provided with bellows 3 constituting the ends of the bag while the members 4 and 5, portions of the sides 1 and 2, constitute the sides of the bag. lhe lower faces of the sides 1 and 2 as above pointed out are flat so as to provide a substantially continuous unbroken flat surface to rest upon a table or other support when. the bag is open. As will be seen from Fig. 2 the bag is square in cross sectionand divided diagonally as indicated at 6 to provide triangularly-shaped side members.

. Extending longitudinally of the bag are two partitions 7 and 8 having their ends attached to the bellows 3, these partitions dividing the bag into three pockets 9, 10 and 11. The pocket 10 constituting a receptacle for small articles is arranged so as to stand BAG.

1922. Serial No. 565,383.

vertically at all times whether thebag is open or closed. This pocket is preferably provided with a cover or flap 10.

Thebag is held closed by clasp 12 and is adapted to be carried by a strap 13 attached to the corners of the bag asv indicated at 14: and 15. I

it will be seen that the bag is so constructed as to be fiat when in open position which in itself is novel, I believe, but in addition the pocket '10 is at that time main tained in an upright position permitting ready access to. the interior thereof.

I claim:

1. tially rigid members constituting the two sides of the bag, flexible members or bellows attached tosaid first-mentioned mom bers and constituting the ends of; the bag, the lower end of said rigid members being adjacent and flexibly secured to each other said bellows being folded to provide a pocket substantially centrally of'the bag and ex tending longitudinally thereof, and a flap for said pocket.

2. A hand bag comprising two substan tially rigid members constituting the two sides of the bag, each of said side members having an upper and a lower fiat surface, a flexible connection between said side inern hers and constituting end walls for the bag, the lower flat surface of the said side 1nembers being so disposed relatively to each other as to constitute a substz i itially flat unbroken surface when the bag is in open'position to support the bag in an upright position.

3. A bag having side members substantially triangular in cross section, each side member having an upper and alcwer flat snrface,-said side n'renibers being connected to each other by flexible nienil'iers constituting the end walls of the bag, a strap cured to or adjacent. the apex of one of the triangularly-shaped side members, a clasp for holdin g' the bag in closed position the sidemeinbers of the bag when the bag is in this position together being substantially square in cross section, the lower sides of the triangula-rly-shaped side members lying substantially in the same plan-e when the bag is in open position. V

This specification signed this thirty-first day of May 1922.

V LEQPOLD HAUSER,

A hand bag comprising two substan- 

